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The Federal Government will abolish the 457 visa and replace it with two new visas, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says. Current visa holders will not be affected by the changes, which will see the introduction of two new temporary skills visas — a two-year visa and a more specialised one for four years “targeted at […]

In a crackdown to curb its soaring immigration figures, the UK government has announced changes to its visa policy for non-EU nationals, which will affect a large number of Indians, especially IT professionals. Under the new visa rules announced last evening by the UK Home Office, anyone applying after November 24 under the Tier 2 […]

42% of skilled worker tier 2 visa applications made by Indians were sponsored by companies from the UK’s information technology sector, closely followed by professional, scientific and technical activities (19%) and financial and insurance activities (12%), according to the Hindustan Times report. Across the entire skilled worker visa program, the top three countries whose nationals were granted […]

According to a report published in the Hindustan Times, Indian nationals secured almost 60% of the Tier 2 skilled worker visas granted by the UK in the year ending September 2016, despite UK visa numbers falling to their lowest level since 2014. Employers need to have both a Tier 2 Sponsorship Licence and a Certificate of Sponsorship for each employee they need to employ […]

PM Modi has just announced good news for the newly-married couples who were planning their summer breaks for overseas, but are stuck up in the process of updating spouses’ names on their passports. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that women are free to retain their maiden names in their passports now after their marriage. […]

LONDON: British universities have called on the government for a “new immigration policy” to encourage international students to choose the UK, after recent figures showed a “worrying decline” in the number of students from countries like India. Universities UK, the representative body for higher education institutions, expressed concerns this week over a “worrying decline” in […]

Unskilled migrants must be stopped from moving to Britain for five years to help push net migration down to fewer than 50,000, Brexit campaigners have said.A new visa system should be introduced that cuts numbers but still allows the ‘brightest and the best from around the world’ to work in the UK, according to lobby group Leave […]

The UK is an incredible mix of contemporary ideas and multi-cultures held under one strong sense of tradition and balanced identity. As an international student with a Tier 4 visa, you will be clouded with exciting experiences and a great opportunity to discover new things and a whole lot of learning from circumstances you would […]

The Ministry of Tourism of India has stated that foreign tourists who arrive in India with the e TVs (e-Tourist Visas) will now be eligible to stay for up to two months in the country and be entitled to double-entry benefits. The new e-Visa guidelines, which were unveiled on 1 April 2017, will allow a […]

The headlines may be focused on the fact Article 50 will be triggered on 29 March, starting off the process towards Brexit, but just a few days later employers should also brace themselves for another set of changes to immigration rules. These changes mean that from 6 April 2017, it will become far more costly […]